Back up sql server 2005 using SMO

Solution 1
You can use SMO Add these references:
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'//***** Add these references********** '//Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo '//Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended '//Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc '//Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo

Add these Imports:

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Imports System.Data.SqlClient Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common

Then code something like this:

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Private Sub Backup Dim srv As Server Dim conn As ServerConnection Dim sqlSErverInstance As String = "YourServerInstanceName" Dim fileName As String = "MyBackup.bak" Dim databaseName As String = "MyDatabase" conn = New ServerConnection(sqlSErverInstance, "Username", "Password") srv = New Server(conn) Dim bkp As New Backup() Try

bkp.Action = BackupActionType.Database bkp.Database = databaseName bkp.Devices.AddDevice(fileName, DeviceType.File) bkp.Incremental = False

bkp.PercentCompleteNotification = 10 AddHandler bkp.PercentComplete, AddressOf ProgressEventHandler

bkp.SqlBackup(srv)

MessageBox.Show("Database Backed Up To: " & fileName, "Backup") Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString()) Finally Me.ProgressBar1.Value = 0 End Try End Sub Public Sub ProgressEventHandler(sender As Object, e As PercentCompleteEventArgs) Me.ProgressBar1.Value = e.Percent End Sub

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Using the SQL SMO object we can easily take backup of SQL database through code. Following is the sample code used take backup.

[VB.NET CODE STARTS] '--Reference added Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common

'--Declare the backup object Dim WithEvents oBackup As New Backup

'--Method to take backup

Private Sub BackupSqlDatabase()

Dim conn As New ServerConnection(serverName, userName, passWd) '-set SQL server connection given the server name, user name and password Dim oSQLServer As New Server(conn) '--create the SMO server object using connection

Dim OrigBackupPath As String = oSQLServer.Information.MasterDBPath.Replace("\DATA", "\Backup\DB_BACKUP_NAME.BAK") ' -- set the path where backup file will be stored

Dim bkDevItem As New BackupDeviceItem(OrigBackupPath, DeviceType.File) ' -- create SMO.Backupdevice object

With

oBackup ' Set the backup object property .Action = BackupActionType.Database .Database = YOUR_DATABASE_NAME .Devices.Add(bkDevItem) .Initialize = True .Checksum = True .ContinueAfterError = True .Incremental = False .LogTruncation = BackupTruncateLogType.Truncate .SqlBackup(oSQLServer) ' backup SQL database

End With

End Sub

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnbackup.Click With SaveFileDialog1 .InitialDirectory = "C:\" .FileName = "yourdatabasename " & Format(Now, "dd-MMMM-yyyy") .Filter = "BAK Files (*.bak)|*.bak" .RestoreDirectory = True If Not .ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel Then Try If Not Conn.State = ConnectionState.Open Then Conn.Open() End If Using cmd As New SqlCommand cmd.Connection = Conn cmd.CommandText = ("USE master BACKUP DATABASE yourdatabasename TO DISK='" & .FileName & "' WITH FORMAT") cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text 'connection.Open() cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() Conn.Close() MsgBox("Data has been backup!", vbInformation + vbExclamation) End Using Catch ex As Exception MsgBox(ex.Message) End Try End If End With Yesterday at 12:55pm Unlike 1

Jhayar Bernabe Thanks bro.. but I want to ask if I need to add reference like.. sql.connection. info or .smo Yesterday at 12:58pm Like

Tonny Siauw here is the example .Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*" Yesterday at 1:05pm Edited Like